Pioneering
Cross Innovation
winnovation is a Vienna-based boutique consultancy for innovation strategies and innovation ecosystems. We have a strong track record in implementing cross innovation.
We are linking diverse actors for novel, impactful solutions that solve the most pressing issues companies and governments face today.
We work with international corporate clients, the public sector and NGOs in Europe that have set themselves the goal of achieving major leaps in green, digital and societal innovations that truly move us forward.
Creating Vibrant Innovation Ecosystems
Our Cross Innovation Services
Our innovation solutions are tailor-made and make use of diverse cross innovation methods, which we combine to assess your innovation potential and find solutions for your needs.
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We help clients align innovation with market trends, avoiding flops and seizing opportunities to gain a competitive edge.
Through user-centered research, we identify unmet needs and emerging markets, addressing the challenge of leveraging our clients' investments to find suitable customers and markets for their technologies.
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We work with leading thinkers to create innovative ecosystems, leveraging diverse crowds to identify needs and generate ideas.
Our approach involves aligning with clients' goals through customized innovation strategies, establishing networks, and organizing co-creation workshops to develop cross-sector collaboration and innovation.
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With 18+ years of innovation expertise across the private and public sectors, we offer diverse methods for dessiminating our knowledge to you and involved audiences on the hot topics of innovation.
We offer keynote speeches, co-creation workshops and facilitation, and innovation training and coaching.
Innovating the Public and Private Sector
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For Businesses, we offer:
User Need Assessment and Foresight
Business Model Innovation and New Markets
Cross Industry Networks
Innovation Strategies
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For Governments, Academia, NGOs and Public Services, we offer:
Research and Studies
Strategies for Innovation and Digital Transformation
Policy Design and Implementation
Providing Versatile Expertise Across Diverse Fields
Here’s a glimpse at the different topics, areas and sectors we shape through cross innovation
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Laws and standards can slow change and innovation, making regulatory sandboxes essential for fostering collaboration between companies and regulators in creating new opportunities on both sides. We design and implement these sandboxes in industries like green building, AI, and health.
Learn more about this in our Green Sandbox Builder success story.
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Artificial intelligence is here to stay. Companies need the trust of employees, customers and citizens so that machine learning & co can be meaningfully integrated into work processes. We specialize in creating tailored strategies for trustworthy AI innovations, governance, security, and compliance.
With our subsidiary, leiwand.ai, we are dedicated to making AI systems trustworthy for all.
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Rural regions need innovation to stay attractive with good jobs, eco-friendly mobility, and strong food production, even amid climate change. We act as an innovation broker for rural areas, connecting people and institutions to enable new solutions. Learn more about our rural innovation involvement here.
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The decarbonization of the economy is driving new markets for green materials, manufacturing processes, circular business models, and smarter energy use.
We help identify which opportunities are ripe for development using professional search and evaluation methods, ensuring you focus on the most promising green business ventures.
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Healthcare providers are under great pressure to transform, driven by demographic changes, digital technologies and budget constraints.
We support hospitals and other providers in developing customized strategies, roadmaps and innovation projects, taking the needs of healthcare professionals and citizens into account.
See one of our successes in healthcare here.
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To use energy more efficiently and maximize renewables, electricity, heat, and mobility need to be integrated through sector coupling. For instance, electric car batteries can ease electricity grid loads by providing temporary storage during surplus.
We develop smart ideas and business models to drive these sector interfaces forward with our customers.
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Billions rely on space-based tech for weather, TV, communication, and navigation daily. The New Space era brings increased private investment and public-private partnerships. We help companies develop competitive space technologies and innovative business models for space data.
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"Technology is evolving significantly. winnovation has given us a clear view of our opportunities for green business ventures"
Werner Gangl, SVP at Sony DADC
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"The Vinzenz Group strives to be one of the leading healthcare services innovators. winnovation helped us shape our ambitious plans for the future."
Dr. Michael Heinisch, CEO at Vinzenz Gruppe
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"Science and innovation live off cross-collaboration. winnovation’s international expertise helped us create highly innovative support programmes."
Dr. Pascal Hetze, Programme Manager at Stifterverband
Our Succes Stories
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The Green Sandbox Builder
For the Federal Ministry for Climate Action, Environment, Energy, Mobility, Innovation and Technology (BMK) in Austria, winnovation investigated how regulatory sandboxes can enable affordable sustainable building and living.
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Is My Company Fit for Open Innovation?
An Open Innovation Assessment helped an international biotech company to understand and act upon their potential for open innovation, improving their innovation performance.
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Mobility of the Future
Based on specified problems, winnovation performed a tailored international Lead User and Lead Expert Search and connected Swiss mobility company Schindler with highly qualified contributors to find future Mobility Solutions and implement a major leap in innovation.
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Health Care and Future Health System
winnovation helped the Vinzenz Gruppe, an innovative hospitals owners in Austria, to identify future challenges as a health care provider by using Open Innovation methods like Innovation Roadmapping and Lead User & Lead Expert Search
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Openess in Research and Innovation Policies
winnovation helped innOsci, the former forum for open innovation culture of the Stifterverband, to find and systematically analyze international best practice examples in the implementation of openness in science and innovation policies. Furthermore, winnovation deduced specific learnings for Germany.
Our Partners & Clients
